67: Chapter 67 National Fate Reversed, Great Xia Carnival

On Blue Star, the broadcast of the National Destiny Challenge sounded.

[Great Xia Challenger: Lin Ye, successfully killed the traitor Liu Tingting!]

[National Destiny reversal triggered!]

[The 3% of water resources previously deducted from Great Xia are fully restored! An additional 3% of water resources are awarded to Great Xia!]

[USA Challenger Sean Johnson was killed in a counterattack; the vassal relationship has ended!]

[Collateral National Destiny penalty triggered!]

[Within the USA, the intensity and frequency of natural disasters have increased by 3%!]

The voice faded. The world of Blue Star changed color.

Within Great Xia, those riverbeds that had cracked and dried up, and reservoirs that had hit bottom, saw their water levels rising again.

In the arid regions of the Great Northwest, which were facing a water shortage crisis, the sky poured down torrential rain!

The common people pushed open their doors, rushing into the rain like madmen, kneeling in the mud and laughing up at the sky.

Inside the Great Xia Disaster Prevention Administration, Director Wei Tiejun slapped the command console, his eyes turning red.

"Good lad! Well done!"

In stark contrast to the celebration in Great Xia, dark clouds suddenly gathered over several prosperous states and counties in the USA, on the other side of the ocean.

Several thick tornadoes formed one after another, flipping cars and destroying entire city blocks.

Hail the size of eggs shattered windows, and rows of houses collapsed.

The entire USA fell into apocalyptic wailing and chaos.

In the Great Xia Live Stream, the number of barrage comments exploded.

[Hahahaha! Heaven has eyes! That traitorous dog deserved to die!]

[Us folks in the Northwest are kowtowing to Brother Eye in the rain! Damn, this is so refreshing!]

[This isn't just a counterattack; this is snatching National Destiny straight back from the hands of the King of Hell!]

[Brother Lin's move here—he's in the Void Sea, yet he backhanded America right in the face!]

[Let's go, let's go, put away the keyboards, bring out the suona band, and go play a funeral dirge for our foreign overlords!]

A large number of Great Xia netizens launched a collective expedition, flooding the USA's livestream.

[Great Xia: Heard your country is hosting an Ice and Snow World? Great Xia netizens are here to offer their congratulations!]

[Great Xia: Free car wash service has arrived. No need to thank us, just call him Daddy Lin.]

[Great Xia: Great time for zero-dollar shopping, aren't you guys going to hit the streets to stock up?]

[Great Xia: This is called paying blood for blood! America, the times have changed!]

Void Sea, basin ruins. Between the high-rises, the sound of the wind filled their eardrums.

The sensation of weightlessness from the rapid descent swept over his entire body.

Mid-air, Lin Ye held Zhao Mengmeng with his left arm and pulled the cable of the Wind-Chasing Claw tight with his right hand.

The grappling hook bit into the concrete slab on the edge of the opposite building's rooftop.

Using the powerful inertia of their high-altitude fall, the two of them swung in an arc through the air.

They leaped over the twenty-meter-wide street and charged toward the opposite rooftop.

The moment his feet touched the rooftop, he rolled on the ground and released his left arm that was holding Zhao Mengmeng.

At the same time, in front of the shattered floor-to-ceiling window on the twelfth floor of the office building opposite.

Dozens of pursuing Pale Species couldn't brake in time.

The monsters in the back were pushing forward frantically, and those in the front were pushed straight out the window.

One after another, the Pale Species waved their sharp claws in mid-air, falling straight down.

"Plop! Plop! Splat!"

The dull sound of impacts on the street was incessant.

Blobs of grayish-white flesh exploded on the concrete road, with black blood splattering over ten meters away.

In just half a minute, more than half of the dozens of pursuing monsters were smashed to death.

Lin Ye pressed the switch and retracted the Wind-Chasing Claw.

Zhao Mengmeng supported herself with her hands on the ground, a look of lingering fear still on her face.

She looked up, her gaze falling on the back of the figure standing at the edge of the rooftop.

Her eyes held only the fervor of seeing a powerful backer.

This young man was ruthless and decisive in killing, and he was undoubtedly the most powerful backer she could have encountered.

Zhao Mengmeng took a deep breath and walked two steps to stand in front of Lin Ye.

"Lin Ye! Take me with you!"

Her voice was crisp, without any hesitation.

Lin Ye turned his head, his gaze sweeping over her coldly.

Afraid of being rejected, Zhao Mengmeng frantically tried to sell herself.

"I'm not some useless idiot like Liu Tingting!"

"I can start fires, cook, skin exotic beasts, and gut them quickly. I definitely won't be a burden!"

Saying this, her eyes showed a fierce streak.

"Even if we encounter other Challengers, if it comes to killing, I won't hesitate to hand you the knife!"

Lin Ye frowned slightly.

He was used to coming and going like the wind, without having to worry about anyone else's life or death.

Bringing a living person along meant adding a risk.

The words of refusal were just on the tip of his tongue.

In his mind, he flashed back to the scene on the other side, where this woman, even while being choked until she rolled her eyes, told him to leave first.

And the ferocity with which she swung a baseball bat with both hands, smashing that burly black man's lower body into pulp.

"This woman has potential."

Lin Ye thought to himself.

Lin Ye didn't rush to answer, his left eye narrowing slightly.

Eye of Destiny, activate.

His vision shifted.

On Zhao Mengmeng's body was a pure green light, representing no malice.

But at the same time, within that green light, there was a layer of fine gray spots.

But thinking about it, it was normal.

Ordinary Challengers weren't like him, able to distinguish everything.

Eating and drinking relied entirely on luck, and after a few days, their bodies would definitely be polluted.

Lin Ye calmly closed his left eye and looked at her coldly.

"You can follow me, but I set the rules."

He held up three fingers.

"First, absolute obedience. If I tell you to kill a chicken, you can't go chasing a dog."

"Second, if we really hit a desperate situation, I won't risk my life to save you."

"Third, if you dare to cause trouble or hold me back, I'll be the first to cut you down."

A sneaky lone wolf bringing a girl along; only talking about survival, not feelings.

Hearing these almost heartless conditions, Zhao Mengmeng was not angry; instead, she let out a long sigh of relief.

In this godforsaken place, someone who dares to state the ugly truth upfront is the truly reliable one.

"No problem!"

Zhao Mengmeng nodded readily, giving her chest a resounding slap.

"Don't worry, I'm tough as nails."

"If I really can't make it, I'll slit my own throat; I absolutely won't drag you down with me!"

In the Great Xia Live Stream, the audience was amused by these two.

[Good, good, good! A sneaky lone wolf paired with a Sichuan-Chongqing T-Rex, this combination is perfect!]

[Mengmeng is so sensible; I love a sidekick who has a brain and isn't pretentious!]

[Brother Lin: If you cause trouble, I'll cut you. Mengmeng: No need, just give me a knife, I'll do it myself.]

[With these two together, I'd like to call them the Zero-Morals Survival Squad!]

On the rooftop, the two reached a consensus.

Lin Ye was just about to turn around to find the passageway downstairs.

"Gurgle—!"

A sound of stomach rumbling suddenly broke the serious atmosphere.

The air went quiet instantly.

Lin Ye stopped in his tracks and looked back.

Zhao Mengmeng's cheeks turned bright red, her hands covering her stomach, so embarrassed that her toes were curling uncontrollably.

"I... I was trapped in the building with that bitch yesterday... I haven't eaten anything since last night."

Lin Ye's eye twitched, but he didn't say anything.

He activated the Eye of Destiny and quickly scanned the building beneath his feet.

The building was clean, without a single spot of red light.

The commotion in the building opposite had already attracted all the nearby Pale Species.

It was temporarily safe.

He took off his backpack, took out an object wrapped in broad leaves, and tossed it to Zhao Mengmeng.

Zhao Mengmeng caught it in a fluster.

She tore open the broad leaves, and seeing what was inside, she froze in place.

A large piece of slightly charred smoked mutton!

The aroma of the meat entered her nostrils, stimulating her saliva to secrete frantically.

Gulp.

Zhao Mengmeng gulped hard.

Thinking back to the miserable days of teaming up with Liu Tingting over the past two days, and then looking at the solid piece of cooked meat in her hand...

This isn't just a backer, this is a damn foster father!

She didn't care about her image anymore; she grabbed the smoked mutton, opened her mouth wide, tore off a large piece, and began to devour it ravenously.

Lin Ye also took out a piece of smoked meat.

"Eat slowly, don't choke to death."

He chewed on his meat jerky while watching Zhao Mengmeng, who was gorging herself.

"What are your current pollution and Spirit Grid levels?"